RuediRoth

The Swiss
composed the famous yodel from THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL.

Ruedi Roth, born in the swiss
Toggenburg as the eldest of four children, grew up on a farm, where
– thanks to his mother - music has always been omnipresent. As a teenager he
taught himself to play the accordion, joined a local costume group during his
apprenticeship in farming. In 1982 he founded the ländler trio Churfirschtegruess and attended the swiss tradition of going from door to
door masked as a Silvesterchlaus. After his marriage in 1992 he overtook his
parents’ farm.

At the suggestion of the famous swiss
folk musician Willi Valotti he joined the yodelling club in
Wattwill as a singer and conductor, a bit later he also overtook the direction
of the club. Willi Valotti also gave him a serious training in musical theory
and harmonics. At the same time Roth began to compose his own yodelling pieces,
his first natural
yodel was called De Zwisler. Many yodelling songs
and natural
yodels followed. Their topics are always
about humans and their emotions. In 2013 Roth got the request to compose a
yodel mass, which then was called Seelklang and was performed throughout
Switzerland. 2014 was a very special
year for Ruedi Roth. Together with his brother, he had composed the yodel Roth-Zäuerli, which then was chosen for the soundtrack of The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson and made a swiss celebrity out of the farmer and passionate
hobby musician. Furthermore, he was awarded with the Swiss advancement award
for culture. As Roth’s musical tasks are extensive now, he decided to let his
farm to be able to concentrate on his music full time. He is conducting,
composing, leading three
yodelling clubs and a choir, plays in a ländler band,
produces cd-recordings and organizes several cultural activities in his home country.

The Roth-Zäuerli will be performed tonight by the composer Ruedi Roth together
with Christian Frick-Rederer.